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Tai Chi Chuan - practical methods

Niall Keane · 2011-06-22 18:06:25

Looking through the Tai Chi in Cork thread, it reminded me of how often people practicing the art are left mystified, not knowing even orthodox applications within the forms, thought I'd share this, the wudang sanshou (practical tai chi chuan Ireland) youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/lungqino111 alot of the…

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Looking through the Tai Chi in Cork thread, it reminded me of how often people practicing the art are left mystified, not knowing even orthodox applications within the forms, thought I'd share this, the wudang sanshou (practical tai chi chuan Ireland) youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lungqino111

alot of the orthodox applications are displayed here, keep in mind, orthodox applications are meant to train specific principles and body mechanics, so when actually fighting, many are combined and altered as the situation requires. the form is laid out to place side by side (forward, mirror and reverse) tecniques and body mechanics that relate to each other in a counter / recovery fashion, so yes the form can convey alot about tactics and strategy, but first the individual sanshou applications must be perfected through real time, resistant practice.

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